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MCKOY v. NORTH CAROLINA

Term: 1989
Important Dates
Argued: October 10, 1989
Decided: March 5, 1990
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
Harry Blackmun • Anthony Kennedy
Dissenting
Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia

MCKOY v. NORTH CAROLINA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 5, 1990. The case was argued before the court on October 10, 1989.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the North Carolina State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Cruel and unusual punishment, death penalty (cf. extra legal jury influence, death penalty)
Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: North Carolina
Citation: 494 U.S. 433
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Thurgood Marshall

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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